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People in Russia just love “old songs”. “Komarovo” is one of them. Maybe it is not too old poet Mikhail Tanich and composer Igor Nikolayev wrote the song in 1985. The Igor Sklar was the first who sang the song 25 years ago.. But songs should not die and now Vitas sings “Komarovo” and a lot of others pop songs from Soviet time. And public really appreciates it and loves the singer!

You might like to watch the original performance Komarovo in 1985 – WATCH IT.

I found this song by accident and it really caught my ear, so to speak. Svet has posted another song by this man, but until today I never realized much about him.

Boris Shtokolov (Russian: Борис Тимофеевич Штоколов) (March 19, 1930 – January 6, 2005) was a famous Soviet and Russian singer, one of the greatest basses of the 20th century.Boris Shtokolov was born in the city of Kuznetsk, Kemerovo Oblast (USSR). In 1949 he entered the Ural State Conservatory in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) but wanted to became a military pilot. Georgy Zhukov having heard his singing said: “There are many guys like you in aviation, but in opera singing you are unique”. In 1950-1951 he was singing at the Sverdlovsk Philarmonic Society before he became a soloist at the Sverdlovsk Opera and Ballet Theater. In 1959 he was invited to the Mariinsky Theatre in Leningrad where he gained world fame as a leading soloist from 1959 to 1989. At the Mariinsky Theater he sang a great number of roles, such as Ruslan, Don Basilio, Boris Godunov, Ivan Susanin, the title role in Anton Rubinstein’s The Demon, Prince Gremin, Mefistofele, and many others. (Link)

Here he is singing Evening Bell – Evening Bell (Вечерний звон) is a popular Russian song written in 1828 by Ivan Kozlov and Alexander Alyabyev. The lyrics are adapted from a Russian-themed verse by Thomas Moore. (Link)

I just love this video about life on Admiral Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carrier. I think I never watched such beautiful videos – so calm music accompany the live on the aircraft carrier. Such calm and peaceful life on a such powerful military ship.

For our readers who wants to know more about Admiral Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carrier:

Aircraft

The flight deck area is 14,700m² and aircraft take-off is assisted by a bow ski-jump angled at 12°. The flight deck is equipped with arrester wires. Two starboard lifts carry the aircraft from the hangar to the flight deck.

The ship has the capacity to support 16 Yakovlev Yak-41M (Nato code name Freestyle), 12 Sukhoi Su-27K (Nato codename Flanker) fixed-wing aircraft and a range of helicopters including four Kamov Ka-27-LD (Nato codename Helix), 18 Kamov Ka-27 PLO and two Ka-27-S.

Missiles

The ship has a Granit anti-ship missile system equipped with 12 surface-to-surface missile launchers. The Granit missile (Nato codename SS-N-19 Shipwreck) is reported to have a range greater than 400km and is capable of carrying either a nuclear or conventional warhead.

The Klinok air defence missile system, with 24 vertical launchers and 192 missiles, defends the ship against anti-ship missiles, aircraft and surface ships. The system has a multi-channel electronically steered phased array radar and can achieve a firing rate of one missile every three seconds. Four targets can be engaged simultaneously in a 60°×60° sector. The range of the system is 12km to 15km.

The Kashstan air defence gun / missile system, supplied by the Instrument Design Bureau and Tulamashzavod JSC in Tula, provides defence against precision weapons including anti-ship and anti-radar missiles, aircraft and small sea targets.

Eight systems are fitted, combining missile launcher, 30mm twin gun and radar / optronic director. The range of the laser beam-riding missiles is from 1.5km to 8km. The gun can fire up to 1,000 rounds a minute in the range 0.5km to 1.5km. Six AK630 AD 30mm air defence guns are also fitted.

Anti-submarine warfare

The ship is equipped with an Udav-1 anti-submarine system with 60 anti-submarine rockets. Udav-1, supplied by the Splav Research and Production Association in Moscow, protects surface ships by diverting and destroying incoming torpedoes.

The system also provides defence against submarines and saboteur systems such as underwater vehicles. The system has ten barrels and is capable of firing 111SG depth charge projectiles, 111SZ mine-laying projectiles and 111SO diverting projectiles. The range of the system is up to 3,000m and the submarine engagement depth is to 600m.

Today as I was walking to work I stopped at Donskoy Monastery which is near my office. I happened to notice a huge crowed of people and went to investigate. I found, as you can see by this video. That Patriarch Kirill had given a special Annunciation Service at the Church that you will see in the video. So watch the video and you will see Russia’s Patriarch Kirill who is in charge of the Russian Orthodox Church.